I Bought a $49 Thinkpad... And Got Scammed!

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Psivewri

Psivewri

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@psivewri
@psivewri 3 жыл бұрын
I'm giving away the Pink laptop that was featured in my last video! twitter.com/NathanPSI/status/1402905668592410630?s=19 The rules are listed in the Twitter thread listed above. I'm posting to the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand 🙂 Goodluck!
@sicksly848
@sicksly848 3 жыл бұрын
wheres canada bro
@appledolphin8157
@appledolphin8157 3 жыл бұрын
About the Bios locked issue, call Lenovo and try to use social engineering to have them unlock it for you. I bought a Thinkpad that was bios locked, called lenovo, and they unlocked it for me. Hopefully you will have just as much luck.
@TheSpotify95
@TheSpotify95 3 жыл бұрын
Entered - thank you :)
@r.eac.t5091
@r.eac.t5091 3 жыл бұрын
hey could you add canada posting :)
@Sahilkumar-ko9sm
@Sahilkumar-ko9sm 3 жыл бұрын
I am facing little problem my ThinkPad shutdown automatically after some time of use. I am not able to find any reason . Can one suggest any solution or may be what is the problem in my ThinkPad??
@LGR
@LGR 3 жыл бұрын
That teeny little keyboard light is just lovely. Reminds me of the map light in my old Buick.
@rrp6405
@rrp6405 3 жыл бұрын
That unopened ThinkPad video was epic 👍
@RMPANDA964
@RMPANDA964 3 жыл бұрын
LOL Clint. I remember mine back when I had my Buick Century
@lasgio_
@lasgio_ 3 жыл бұрын
2 of my favorite KZbinrs in one place!
@thejohnnymoe
@thejohnnymoe 3 жыл бұрын
my old accord had a map light like that too. loved it
@grassulo
@grassulo 3 жыл бұрын
I had a regal gran sport 2 door it had the map lights with the lenses you could aim, perfect for playing gameboy advance before they came out with the back lit model lol.
@AlexTechYT
@AlexTechYT 3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a complete scam: At least you got a free Aldi bag!
@JamesGalaxy41
@JamesGalaxy41 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@magicmango2787
@magicmango2787 3 жыл бұрын
$1 value!!
@ZephyrKV
@ZephyrKV 3 жыл бұрын
I see we have an optimist here
@ZephyrKV
@ZephyrKV 3 жыл бұрын
@@magicmango2787 HuGE pROFiT1!!!1!1!!1!1
@CommodoreFan64
@CommodoreFan64 3 жыл бұрын
Plus $50 AUD(about $38 USD) for a working Thinkpad even with DDR2 is not bad deal period, it is a shame the seller lied on the specs however.
@munenex
@munenex 3 жыл бұрын
255% available charging. Now that's quite a deal
@carltonleboss
@carltonleboss 3 жыл бұрын
What a deal!
@lemurmad
@lemurmad 3 жыл бұрын
wait till somebody doesnt get the joke lol But yeah, that's a huge deal!
@lemurmad
@lemurmad 3 жыл бұрын
@@captainchris2 That's actually not the reason. Its just windows being windows. But they fixed it in the updates.
@plzdonhack
@plzdonhack 3 жыл бұрын
lemurmad I still got the 255% when I had a dead battery in 20H2. I think it may vary from laptop to laptop. Mine still had some voltage in the pack so maybe that’s why
@lemurmad
@lemurmad 3 жыл бұрын
@@plzdonhack I think they fix it in 21H1. You gotta download it from microsoft or whenever it shows up in updates.
@PearCoin124
@PearCoin124 3 жыл бұрын
a little unreleated but i really miss laptops with a hell ton of ports
@CommodoreFan64
@CommodoreFan64 3 жыл бұрын
Many Lenovo Thinkpad models still have them if you want them.
@zdravkodimitrov
@zdravkodimitrov 3 жыл бұрын
@@CommodoreFan64 My Dell XPS15 has practically anything I would need. Also, business laptops usually have many more ports.
@rollingtroll
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
Typing this on an M1 macbook air. I feel ya.
@PearCoin124
@PearCoin124 3 жыл бұрын
a toshiba satellite A350 laptop that has hardware failure is the only laptop i've seen a microphone port on in real life
@rollingtroll
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
@@PearCoin124 Huh? I have never seen an (older) laptop without one? :D.
@skraegorn7317
@skraegorn7317 3 жыл бұрын
Good video! I’ve had eBay purchases come in just like this, you’re not alone.
@tamiwu0346
@tamiwu0346 3 жыл бұрын
My “refurbished dell student ready laptop” overheated and died but 1 week after I bought it from eBay. In retrospect partly our fault for trusting a shady seller, but also the sellers part for blatant false advertising.
@RocketJSykes
@RocketJSykes 3 жыл бұрын
everyobody that likes shopping on ebay has been scammed numerous times..
@dtl5298
@dtl5298 3 жыл бұрын
Clicked faster than you could say "Eucalyptus Oil"
@blood....
@blood.... 3 жыл бұрын
great comment
@skyediann3399
@skyediann3399 3 жыл бұрын
On the GPU front you actually got lucky in a way, the Quadro NVS cards in the 61 series ThinkPads are notorious for failing. Still doesn't excuse a scam.
@a_xylotl
@a_xylotl 3 жыл бұрын
The official buyers guide also recommended against buying the p suffix T series because of that as well.
@skyediann3399
@skyediann3399 3 жыл бұрын
@@a_xylotl It's a shame really, such a nice machine yet you can't take advantage of the higher powered models because they will likely fail.
@penguinsushi8442
@penguinsushi8442 3 жыл бұрын
@@skyediann3399 The Dell Latitude D630 models with Quadro NVS cards fail frequently too.
@s8wc3
@s8wc3 3 жыл бұрын
@@penguinsushi8442 All early nvidia G8xM chips fail. Doesn't matter what laptop. Desktop cards including G9x are also prone. MCPs (their nforce chipset) from this time might be as well. Basically if it's an nvidia product from 2007-8, run away.
@rollingtroll
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much any 'high end' videochip in a laptop is notorious for desoldering itself. I am still baffled by how many people bought laptops with geforces and radeons back in the day. After 4, 5 years they were all dead as a dodo.
@MIZUch.
@MIZUch. 3 жыл бұрын
"It looks like some school students thought this was a touch screen" That must be the most Gen Z thing I've ever heard in a while
@criostasis
@criostasis 3 жыл бұрын
I think it would be a good video to show your audience why you weren’t eligible for the eBay buyer protection aka money back guarantee. This way they can see what went wrong and how to avoid getting scammed like you did.
@Bluecolty
@Bluecolty 3 жыл бұрын
Yea, im wondering how he wasn't eligible. The only thing I can think is that he was outside of the 30 day return window which is why its important to inspect and test ebay purchases ASAP
@Bluecolty
@Bluecolty 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim at the very least its an item not as described. The seller might have made a mistake and shipped him the wrong laptop sure but its still not ok. Imagine ordering a laptop with an intel core i7 and getting an i3.
@JTHelectronics
@JTHelectronics 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim yeah, these sellers are often pc recyclers and are selling huge lots of stuff - yes they should be more careful but i like to attribute this kind of stuff to ignorance instead of malice
@polocatfan
@polocatfan 2 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim he should have gotten a partial refund since it wasn't as listed. I've legitimately never had an issue with the site so I'm not sure what even happened. Hell I've never even had to escalate it to ebay, I just contact the seller and they usually give a fair deal (or in the case of a thing I ordered recently, they were able to ship it for a cheaper price than their estimate so without even contacting them they refunded me the difference.)
@pafawag5b6b5b
@pafawag5b6b5b 3 жыл бұрын
my mom still uses this exact laptop every day, i think even with the exact same specs, but i'm not sure about that
@autumn_of_thought
@autumn_of_thought 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't you get that laptop to be upgraded/ refurbished for her? .. I'm sure it deserves that.
@RuruFIN
@RuruFIN 3 жыл бұрын
The bios can probably be cleared like many other older Thinkpads. My second hand E540 was also locked but I found a guide how to reset it.
@aegonthedragon7303
@aegonthedragon7303 3 жыл бұрын
I cleared my parts 390’s bios but simply unplugging the CMOS battery and letting all power drain out, then reinstalling it and boom, right into the bios.
@RuruFIN
@RuruFIN 3 жыл бұрын
@@aegonthedragon7303 Some models have a dedicated chip for saving the password etc., on my Thinkpad, I just shorted two legs from that chip when powering on the laptop and that did the trick. So in newer ones the CMOS battery doesn't work, it just resets the bios but doesn't clear the password etc.
@francescotorri4353
@francescotorri4353 3 жыл бұрын
Never been locked out of my thinkpad, but any acer accepts an universal unlock code you can find online. Maybe there is one too for thinkpads
@mastonepaws
@mastonepaws 3 жыл бұрын
well for me i reset my password bios with shorting the EEPROM but i do not recommend to unplug the cmos battery because if you unplugged it, the password will not reset anymore and i got RTC (Real Time Clock) error in my thinkpad T430 and its very dangerous if you have modified bios like 1vyrain because the date/time setting is gone and dont worry my laptop did fix from laptop servicer (sorry my grammar is broken because my english language is not my first language)
@RowanBird779
@RowanBird779 9 ай бұрын
I believe you have to tear apart the entire machine to do that though
@frostech3149
@frostech3149 3 жыл бұрын
I was breathing until Psivewri released a new video and decided that was more important
@M4tth2w
@M4tth2w 3 жыл бұрын
@Psivewri when you had the laptop open, bios locked laptops can *sometimes* be reset by removing the cmos battery.. laptops have one, they're just abit different to pc cmos batteries.
@Cytron2.0
@Cytron2.0 3 жыл бұрын
you can use a master bios password too
@applenotbanana749
@applenotbanana749 3 жыл бұрын
Man, I can’t wait for these videos! 😂😂
@tianna4950
@tianna4950 3 жыл бұрын
“It’s always very satisfying to remove old paste, maybe that’s just me though” Definitely not, I love getting to the part of the video where the thermal paste is removed haha literally so satisfying seeing it cleaned off
@escapetherace1943
@escapetherace1943 9 ай бұрын
he used 3x as much paste as he needed to though, and extra paste = worse temps than just right. source: I've pasted laptops with mx4 and mx6 and my first attempts used that much paste and I found out later it spilled over
@Maximus20778
@Maximus20778 3 жыл бұрын
Seller :HAHA I'VE SCAMMED YOU Him: hold my eucalyptus oil
@EdgyShooter
@EdgyShooter 2 жыл бұрын
5:41 the passive aggressive voice made me so happy 😂
@Raphaelwelingston
@Raphaelwelingston 3 жыл бұрын
I had this laptop from 2016 until 2018. It was the first thinkpad i could actually use to work on and what a pleasure it was ! I made some various upgrade, and finaly swap the motherboard for the nvidia equiped. Sadly, the card failled 8 month after i've buy it. So it's much better you have the intel equipped, because the nvidia was notorious to fail !
@pankoza2
@pankoza2 10 ай бұрын
There is nothing I hate more than BIOS-locked Thinkpads
@mos6581com
@mos6581com 3 жыл бұрын
With ThinkPads you don't need to lookup random tutorials for disassembly, go download the Hardware Maintenance Manual for whatever machine you're working on and you get a full disassembly guide and parts list for potential upgrades.
@mk-rv9in
@mk-rv9in 3 жыл бұрын
the intel gma graphics is just complete pain. i remember trying to play minecraft on old gma4500, good old days....
@johnruschmeyer5769
@johnruschmeyer5769 3 жыл бұрын
I have an old Dell Latitude D630 which is pretty much the equivalent system down to the X3100 graphics. I was lucky enough to be able to scrounge a Core2 Extreme X9000 and two 4GB RAM sticks for mine. It's a decent performer under Linux though the GMA graphics are the weak point. Ironically, with the D630, having the Intel rather than the nVidia graphics is actually a plus as these systems were initially produced with faulty nVidia GPUs that were prone to failure.
@KofolaDealer
@KofolaDealer 3 жыл бұрын
It's possible with Sodium
@RocketJSykes
@RocketJSykes 3 жыл бұрын
I currently play on a HP Compaq, from 2010. With a: 2.8 ghz Pentium 8GB DDR3 RAM And an AMD 7400 Series graphics card
@The_JohnF
@The_JohnF 3 жыл бұрын
I kinda thought it was a really old ibm but when I saw it running windows 10 I was like waaaaaaaaaa
@steverhodesvideos6244
@steverhodesvideos6244 3 жыл бұрын
I had the same reaction when I was able to install Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 6400.
@rollingtroll
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
Don't change a winning team!
@EdgyShooter
@EdgyShooter 2 жыл бұрын
I always forget just how short the time period that IBM actually made ThinkPads was
@Valrax
@Valrax 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking at the same exact one lol, trying to grab one for older games / windows xp system
@abhimaanmayadam5713
@abhimaanmayadam5713 3 жыл бұрын
I don't recommend it
@abhimaanmayadam5713
@abhimaanmayadam5713 3 жыл бұрын
It doesn't support Opengl.
@Valrax
@Valrax 3 жыл бұрын
@@abhimaanmayadam5713 Thanks for the comment, I'm about to buy a older ThinkPad and will have to double check with what I need and whether or not it comes with it. I honestly had no idea
@abhimaanmayadam5713
@abhimaanmayadam5713 3 жыл бұрын
@@Valrax old intel integrated graphics dont support opengl. Find something with an ATi graphics card. Intel CPU is fine. Also get something with a core 2 duo. Core Duos and Pentium Ms are 32 bit and don't support pae.
@sahd0w
@sahd0w 3 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video!!! Sorry you got scammed but it was still fun to watch you finagle with it. I agree about the keyboard... I have an old Lenovo laptop from 2010 and although the system itself is slower than molasses, the keyboard feels AMAZING to type on. I wish newer laptops offered the same typing experience.
@amirpourghoureiyan1637
@amirpourghoureiyan1637 3 жыл бұрын
Removing the clock battery should erase the BIOS password, either that or using a DOS flasher to revert it back to the stock Lenovo one.
@goranzavicsa3369
@goranzavicsa3369 3 жыл бұрын
That's not an option with these machines, as they store the password on a dedicated chip and removing the CMOS battery doesn't do anything to it.
@xureality
@xureality 3 жыл бұрын
For disassembly, Lenovo publishes "hardware maintenance manuals", it should be on their website along with the usual manuals.
@internziko
@internziko 3 жыл бұрын
The way that jerk packed it is a crime against humanity.
@JackDaltonlocal
@JackDaltonlocal 3 жыл бұрын
Dear Psivewri, for old hardware, I recommend you to use q4OS or exeLinux (both with the trinity desktop, an old KDE desktop environment but up to modern standards).
@carltonleboss
@carltonleboss 3 жыл бұрын
This is why you check the seller's ratings on Ebay
@k.b.tidwell
@k.b.tidwell 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love those old Thinkpads! I never buy from sellers with less than a 97% or so positive rating because of junk like this. And I always read a lot of the customer feedback for the ones I do buy from. You can get a good feel really quick for who you're dealing with. I'm strict with myself over that because I got scammed myself. I ordered an SSD from a 97% positive seller a year or so ago and tracked it til I was told it had arrived at my home. It had not. I contacted EBay, they said wait a day or so. Never came. I took the tracking number, called UPS, and they said it had been delivered to another address a couple miles from me. It had not. I contacted the seller, who said that yes the package had been delivered. It...had not been delivered. Then I noticed...the seller's name in the email was different than the one I had purchased from. I followed the link in the email, and I ended up at a totally different store...with a 77% positive approval! No amount of maneuvering could get me back to the original seller. That seller simply didn't exist. I contacted EBay and put them on the scent, presenting my evidence. They not only immediately refunded my $$$, but they contacted me back and said they had shut the seller down for fraud. A few very stressful days taught me not to skip the details. It wasn't a lot of money but nobody likes to get taken and honestly I've got much better ways to waste time than that.
@expexp562
@expexp562 3 жыл бұрын
7:01 Same as the HP Compaq nx7300
@gfast88
@gfast88 10 ай бұрын
Great video! I've loved ThinkPads from the beginning. Seeing older budget models makes me appreciate how far they've come, even though they all posessed brilliant design from the earlier years. I currently use a bit dated T470s model, but my first ThinkPad was an i Series 1300 - I loved those huge bezels and my USB wifi adaptor.
@Kenaz82
@Kenaz82 3 жыл бұрын
Love the ThinkPad content! Unfortunately I can relate to poor packaging. I once had someone send me a 2010 15" MacBook Pro in just a postage bag without bubble wrap! It arrived with a completely shattered screen.
@johnhudson9248
@johnhudson9248 3 жыл бұрын
maybe already cracked before posting ?
@davebirch2543
@davebirch2543 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to find a way to out scam these types of scammers, especially the ones who don't even bother to reply as they're likely too busy ripping people off to have the time. The thought has occured to try and gather a group of like minded people with a small amount of money to temporarily burn to get together, buy out all their stock and then have everyone claim it back on paypal. Ending up with nothing but auction fees may get their attention.
@kielagut
@kielagut 3 жыл бұрын
I got my first ThinkPad a few months ago: a T61 with the infamous NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M GPU. Older batches of this laptop appears to have problems with the GPU. Fortunately, mine does seem to be working just fine. Exact same process on disassembly! I also spent on 4GB DDR2 RAM sticks. Glad you still enjoyed working on that R61 despite the hiccups with the seller.
@lbsiuk
@lbsiuk 3 жыл бұрын
Did you actually buy 4GB dimms? I thought they were stupidly expensive, a good $50 each?
@kielagut
@kielagut 3 жыл бұрын
@@lbsiuk I did buy 1 lol! My friend bought a 4GB DDR2 stick for her old laptop, but it became really slow for some reason, even with updated BIOS. So I she gave it to me, hence my second 4GB stick.
@lbsiuk
@lbsiuk 3 жыл бұрын
@@kielagut my god you are lucky. I am really tempted to buy 2 4GB sticks for my Dell E6400/D830, as they can both take 8GB, but I really don't want to pay that much. It's possible that CEX will have it at a cheap price though.
@XenoMobilePhones
@XenoMobilePhones 3 жыл бұрын
This guy is FRICKING underrated. He needs more views
@thehobnob
@thehobnob 3 жыл бұрын
We used to use R61s as classroom projector hosts. The CPU fans had a tendency to fail out of the blue, so seeing the insides of that laptop brought back some memories!
@gdubleu
@gdubleu 3 жыл бұрын
HI mate i had one of these few years ago, You can do the middletons bios upgrade to unlock the sata 2 speeds.
@lukemichealhaynes153
@lukemichealhaynes153 3 жыл бұрын
That knife always makes me feel like the product will be incredible
@k.b.tidwell
@k.b.tidwell 3 жыл бұрын
Epic blades = epic reveals
@JackStavris
@JackStavris 3 жыл бұрын
I currently use a ThinkPad R61 as a basic home server that I bought back in 2015 for dirt cheap on eBay, it does the job reasonably well and is in really good shape, I run an external drive enclosure over USB 2.0 and have it set up through Windows Storage Spaces. Mine runs a T7200 @ 2.0 GHz, 4GB of RAM, a spare 120GB SanDisk SSD I had lying around and currently have it running Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows 8.1), it was running Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7) for a long time until last year when support ended so it got an upgrade. I wouldn't take it further than Windows 8.1 tbh, back when I first got it I used it as a machine to run the Windows 10 beta builds before it came out and they never seemed to run the best, even after Windows 10 was finalised. I'd just stick with Windows 8.1 or Linux for one of these.
@AlexanderOhm
@AlexanderOhm 3 жыл бұрын
This brings me back. This was the laptop i got when i attended high-school. Thanks for the great vid! :)
@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf
@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf 4 ай бұрын
I had the exact same model that I bought for $1 USD in the States at a University auction. I cleaned it up, replaced the HDD with a 128 Gb SSD, then maxxed out the RAM. Since I don't Game I just fixed it up to do Office tasks and finally I installed Arch Linux XFCE4 on it. It ran great for what it was designed to do. Great video! Thanks for sharing. Also,
@rjpointon8859
@rjpointon8859 3 жыл бұрын
The seller didnt THINK he would get exposed selling the THINKpad. My sense of humor doesnt exist 🥲
@omegacloud20
@omegacloud20 3 жыл бұрын
I THINK you should probably keep your day job 😏
@rollingtroll
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
You may want to THINK again before posting your next joke
@rjpointon8859
@rjpointon8859 3 жыл бұрын
@@rollingtroll i THINK i should 😅
@KozenaDrzka
@KozenaDrzka 3 жыл бұрын
2:33 Dude, some laptops still have a similar resolution.
@TheSpotify95
@TheSpotify95 3 жыл бұрын
Shame that you got scammed - and it's unusual for eBay to not agree with you. Normally, eBay quickly sides with the buyer in any return request - you can easily open a request for "doesn't work or is defective", or "doesn't match description or photos" and force a return, with the seller paying the return postage. The seller can also give a partial refund if they want to (which you can accept or decline).
@Fejszi
@Fejszi 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Nathan. I recommend you search up Sebi's Random Tech's video on clearing Supervisor passwords from Thinkpad's. I used his video to clear the supervisor password from my T61. Also, if you do it, you can flash Middleton's modbios for these Thinkpads. Since you put in an SSD the SATA II speeds would be a great addition.
@Owenwestrick
@Owenwestrick 3 жыл бұрын
i like that he kinda laughed when he said that he was excited
@certs743
@certs743 3 жыл бұрын
I used to have the older Pentium M based R 51 Thinkpad. The R series were really great laptops and they still run pretty well under Linux. I got a new battery for mine and passed it on to someone in my community,
@altonkilbourn1595
@altonkilbourn1595 2 жыл бұрын
If the bios is locked just check the net to see how to unlock a IBM ThinkPad bios i have an dell precision m4700 that had a bios password on it i went on the net and found out how to unlock the dell precision m4700 bios
@cwyckisslick9444
@cwyckisslick9444 3 жыл бұрын
3:25 I think you were reading the latency as the speed of the ram, pc5300 runs at 667mhz and the pc6400 dimms you installed run at 800mhz ;)
@cwyckisslick9444
@cwyckisslick9444 3 жыл бұрын
I also can't recall if the 965 chipset supports 1006mhz processors, but there is a pin modification you can dig up to run 667mhz fsb processors at 800, and 800mhz processors at 1066. Processors with a 2.0-2.4ghz stock clock speed are the sweet spot for doing this modification and I ran a T7200 at 2.4ghz in a Dell Precision M4300 with a slight undervolt for several years.
@FrancescoDondi
@FrancescoDondi 3 жыл бұрын
A laptop with replaceable CPU. Feels like alien technology today!
@s8wc3
@s8wc3 3 жыл бұрын
Right? Unfortunately laptop manufacturers don't even have the choice. Intel or AMD just don't sell a laptop CPU with pins. BGA only. Tossers
@FrancescoDondi
@FrancescoDondi 3 жыл бұрын
@@s8wc3 there are some laptops which use a desktop CPU, but of course much bulk and precious little autonomy
@FrancescoDondi
@FrancescoDondi 3 жыл бұрын
@@s8wc3 maybe battery will improve once BIG.little becomes standard also for Intel
@Biaanca5036
@Biaanca5036 Жыл бұрын
Socketed CPU is more of a 'gotcha' for the uninitiated though. Liiike.. You can only replace a 2004 CPU with a 'very slightly' faster CPU that's also from 2004. ~usually stuff like that. The reality is that socket compatibility puts an end to most of the fantasy. I get a feeling that when people see old laptops with CPU sockets in them they think they'll be able to put a "zOMG 32 cores" 2025 CPU into in the future but that's just not how it ended up working. They end up buying an old thinkpad and then being bored of the lack of 'real' upgradeability in like a month 😄👋
@RynoDBones
@RynoDBones 3 жыл бұрын
Yay, Linux Mint. One of my favorites for low end systems.
@k.b.tidwell
@k.b.tidwell 3 жыл бұрын
I'm celebrating with you while writing this on my Linux Mint Acer E11 from 2015! (echo, echo, echo, echo!)
@YasinVanDoorsen
@YasinVanDoorsen 3 жыл бұрын
Thicker laptops were probably more durable than today's skinny laptops which only have 3 usb ports and non removable batteries and no cpu upgrade 😡😡😡😡
@YasinVanDoorsen
@YasinVanDoorsen 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim noice!
@sudoertor2009
@sudoertor2009 3 жыл бұрын
Some of the bios chips can be unlocked by shorting a few pins. I know it works on the x131e and similar models, maybe look into that.
@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim 3 жыл бұрын
can you make a bonus video or *short* about that red scale toy car you have ?
@henryatkinson1479
@henryatkinson1479 3 жыл бұрын
You can unlock those BIOSs on old TPs with an actual paperclip. Shorting the EEPROM at a set time in boot cycle does it.
@henryatkinson1479
@henryatkinson1479 3 жыл бұрын
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE There are safe-date motherboards that don't suffer from the nVidia bonding agent failure.
@s8wc3
@s8wc3 3 жыл бұрын
The screen in this one has probably been changed before. The stickers covering the screw holes often get lost, or the tech doesn't bother applying new adhesive so they just fall off. Specs wise I bet you the seller just googled the model on the screen bezel instead of the proper machine type on the bottom and just took the first thing they saw as gospel.
@Hikarmeme
@Hikarmeme 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I don't buy from sellers that have ratings below like 97%
@EgoShredder
@EgoShredder 3 жыл бұрын
The first Thinkpad I bought from Ebay was a X60s, and that arrived in a thin flimsy cardboard box with no bubble wrap or anything to protect it at all. I was extremely lucky it arrived in mint condition with not a scratch and fully working.
@markaz2kk
@markaz2kk 3 жыл бұрын
The school it came from, should give you the old cmos password. Otherwise you’ll need to jump a few wires to a serial dump module to find the hex code for the password
@mrbisshie
@mrbisshie 3 жыл бұрын
If he removed the CMOS battery for a while, wouldn't that clear the password? I never dealt with a bios password.
@michvod
@michvod 3 жыл бұрын
Few notes to add, nVidia Quadro NVS 140 was fine when it was working, which it wasn't for long. It is the same as the GeForce 8400M, and those failed like mad when these machines were 1-3 years old. I had a R61 back in 2009 (I even installed Windows 7 RC on it), but it failed being only 14 months old and out of warranty. I repaired it with heating the GPU with a heatgun, but I know it didn't last more than few months then. So good thing you didn't get a Quadro model. For the locked BIOS, I think there is a way to unlock it, either by an unlock code and a unlock generator, or reading a password chip with a cheap programmer. Perhaps an idea for a next video :)
@indask8
@indask8 3 жыл бұрын
I've had the opposite experience buying a dell laptop on ebay, seller had several in stock so it was certainly laptops sold by a company after they were replaced, It was supposed to come with a 3720QM, it came with a 3740QM (100mhz extra base and boost speed) so that's a win.
@nicacioedu
@nicacioedu 3 жыл бұрын
I few months ago I've got a Lenovo X61S for free - it came in a box with a lot of free components. No memory. No HDD. I just added 2x1GB DDR2-667 SO-DIMM and a 160GB 2.5" HDD to it, installed ElementaryOS and voilá: it is now up and running flawlessly.
@adamoskyjonathon1132
@adamoskyjonathon1132 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a Thinktank what a design nightmare for upgrades or if has issues.The yellow led light is so funny.
@9inchpp
@9inchpp 3 жыл бұрын
I actually like that little LED light better. It's not as harsh to the eyes especially in a dim-lit area, especially when non-gaming laptop tend to use white or blue-tinged backlit keyboard. Reminds me of early to mid 2010s HP laptop
@bottomtext5872
@bottomtext5872 3 жыл бұрын
I can hear Dankpods scraming about ebay GSP
@SnowBunneh
@SnowBunneh 3 жыл бұрын
Your profile pic is adorable :3
@joshpayne4015
@joshpayne4015 3 жыл бұрын
Ugh. eBay is the worst, not only do they fee you to death, but like you experienced, they're not there on your side as a buyer when it matters.
@handlemissing
@handlemissing 7 ай бұрын
The BIOS can be reset by either: - unplugging the main and CMOS batteries and holding down the power button for 10 seconds or - if that doesn't work, get a CH341A programmer and flash the EEPROM.
@maritoguionyo
@maritoguionyo 3 жыл бұрын
5:46 could you try using a master key?
@ditroia2777
@ditroia2777 3 жыл бұрын
My Lenovo legion also has a screen that folds down like that. You should definitely check out the sellers feedback.
@EgoShredder
@EgoShredder 3 жыл бұрын
The BIOS can be unlocked with the right tools. I bought a Thinkpad with a locked BIOS but fortunately it had already been upgraded with a modded version, e.g. to unlock SATA 2 capability as the X61s is factored limited to SATA 1 otherwise.
@astaroth_sasazaki_yt
@astaroth_sasazaki_yt 3 жыл бұрын
Laptop: *is dirty Eucalyptus oil: Hello there.
@sleora
@sleora 3 жыл бұрын
It made me remember that I spotted a Thinkpad T61 15.4" on ebay for 8€, it was marked as "For pieces" even though it was working...
@ncgvlogger8220
@ncgvlogger8220 3 жыл бұрын
The guy how uses his own music but has to mention
@00SNIVY00
@00SNIVY00 3 жыл бұрын
the vertical USB port made me laugh more than it should have
@albertdiehl1298
@albertdiehl1298 3 жыл бұрын
1:30 OK HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!? 255% 😂😂😂
@retrogaminglife84
@retrogaminglife84 3 жыл бұрын
Love what you do with these computers. Amazing !
@trevormang7464
@trevormang7464 3 жыл бұрын
You can install a T9300 or even X9100 cpu in it, alongside Middleton's BIOS and 2x4GB DDR2 RAM, it is still a very capable machine
@ugzz
@ugzz 2 жыл бұрын
I mean.. in quite a few benches the 5800 vs the 7100 is between margin of error and 5%.. I mean you had to open it anyway to do the paste, but I doubt it's a noticeable change. I have some old laptops of this generation and I can never find much use for them. This being right around the Vista era, maybe you could find XP drivers? This could be a nice XP system.. no gpu kinda hurts though.
@wombat1238marsupial
@wombat1238marsupial 3 жыл бұрын
I always check feedback first especially buying a laptop. Feedback showed seller had +20 & -5 for past month. At least you had something that worked.
@suppengroove
@suppengroove 3 жыл бұрын
there's aldi stores in australia? how global are they :D
@albertdiehl1298
@albertdiehl1298 3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised how that laptop survived inside an Aldi bag!
@k.b.tidwell
@k.b.tidwell 3 жыл бұрын
The seller didn't intend to, but he just proved how tough those buggers really are lol.
@PolosRavros
@PolosRavros 3 жыл бұрын
I really love those old Thinkpads! They look well and it's still possible to use in 2021! :D SSD +Linux Mint XFCE makes it faster than before!
@MilitristRB
@MilitristRB 3 жыл бұрын
This is completely off topic. But I just wanna say I love that hoodie
@sburton015
@sburton015 3 жыл бұрын
a couple of months ago, I found a true IBM Thinkpad G40 laptop on the side of the road. It still works fine and booted right into Windows XP. It has a 2.6 ghz Intel Pentium 4 cpu with 512 mb ram and it seems to be from early 2004. Still works fine today although it has a damaged usb port, but still not bad for a laptop that I found in the trash.
@ThePolaroid669
@ThePolaroid669 4 ай бұрын
also, by the time you get the laptop after being posted, anything germ wise is likely to be long dead anyway. So the cleaning process, apart from making it look nicer, is not going to make it any safer.
@adkenzo
@adkenzo 3 жыл бұрын
Just came across the channel enjoyed the content and humour 😂 👏
@bassanup
@bassanup 3 жыл бұрын
1:58 ... absolutely loved it
@timg6930
@timg6930 3 жыл бұрын
The Thinkpads are just about bullet proof. I don't think I would buy one that old, but at that price delivered, it's a fun machine to play with.
@imm311
@imm311 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! You brought that laptop back to life!
@EdgyShooter
@EdgyShooter 2 жыл бұрын
I love cleaning away thermal paste, however I hate when it's on an aluminium heatsink as they always discolour
@TAGMedia7
@TAGMedia7 3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried replacing thermal heat transfer pads with copper shims the other bridge chips? I've done this with some old Dell laptops and had enormous performance gains.
@nameinvalid69
@nameinvalid69 2 жыл бұрын
at least you got bubblewrap. You know what someone did sending 2x RX580 video cards to me? Newspaper. Exactly ONE piece of newspaper. I'm not joking. Props to the courier company of not breaking them... they still functions.
@barrysauce
@barrysauce 3 жыл бұрын
The inside looks very similar to the t400. The heatsink looks much better quality as the t400 fan is very small and doesn't cool the CPU very well. This model seems newer and they fixed all the issues from previous models
@ZaimAfham
@ZaimAfham 3 жыл бұрын
I also have this laptop given by government 10 years ago. Still working except the display become white and cloudy after using it a few minutes. Now can’t find any display part at my place. So the laptop sitting in my storage
@ckmack7716
@ckmack7716 3 жыл бұрын
Where do you take most of the laptops
@gamerkhan2693
@gamerkhan2693 3 жыл бұрын
Luv the video as always ....i also have thinkpad t410 with i5 processor and same battery issue as yours laptop have in the video but it still working good
@pinakinkale
@pinakinkale 3 жыл бұрын
If you want to remove the bios lock, consider replacing that CMOS battery that usually works for me
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